the Ford F-150 Lightning has the same 1-year restriction. GM restricts Corvette C8 resale within 6 months. The Ford GT had a 2 year restriction. It's not uncommon for low volume production, highly sought after cars, not that I think this is fair, but it's hardly unique to this vehicle.
Ferrari has terms that you can't modify the car for a period of time or else they can reclaim it. One of the more famous cases of this was when Deadmau5 wrapped his with the Nyan Cat (he then bought a Lambo and did the same thing). Another situation I saw involved a TikToker who did an EV conversion.
states you own the property when you acquire ownership of it. if the contract is written in a way that says you are renting, leasing, or loaning the car for a period of time then the sale has ultimately not completed. whether you decide to agree to the terms of the contract or not is entirely up to you. it is also entirely up to tesla to not offer the contract or sell a car to you if you disagree.
this likely only works because of tesla's network effect. honda, for example, would be hard-pressed to do this with their civics or accords today. tomorrow is a different story entirely
Ars Technica is usually pretty good, but this article fails to explain the logic or motivation behind Tesla's restriction. I've never heard of any such thing attached to a purchase of a consumer good and I'm at a loss to understand why.
My neighbor bought a Rivian truck cash when it came out. Sat on it for 4 months then turned around and sold it for twice his buying price while it was difficult to acquire. Sat on his hands for 6-8 months then bought another one, which he kept for himself, with the profits. He said he would do the same thing with the Cybertruck in a heartbeat
Normalization of contract based elision of Right of First Sale. Since the tech has evolved to basically allow for doing things like keeping one's finger on what happens to something after it changes hands, of course businesses are engaging in lawfare to normalize it's use and snuff out any memory that things were ever different.
